1873 Civil Rights Bill is Now Law

THE civil rights bill is not a law.
Gov. Baxter did not posses the courage
to veto it. It now remains to be seen
whether or not the courts will decide it
constitutional. For a time, now, we
will hear of innumerable collisions and
strife, arising from an effort to enforce
this ill-timed law.

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THE civil rights bill is not a law.
Gov. Baxter did not posses the courage
to veto it. It now remains to be seen
whether or not the courts will decide it
constitutional. For a time, now, we
will hear of innumerable collisions and
strife, arising from an effort to enforce
this ill-timed law.

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Series Title

Land of (Unequal) Opportunity: Documenting the Civil Rights Struggle in Arkansas